Gentoo Archives: gentoo-nfp

From: Corey Shields <cshields@×××××××.edu>
To: gentoo-nfp@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-nfp] CDs and t-shirts
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 01:27:11
Message-Id: 200404252028.23346.cshields@indiana.edu
In Reply to: RE: [gentoo-nfp] CDs and t-shirts by Daniel Robbins
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5 What about paypal donations in regards to the NFP transition? The proceeds
6 from the store will go towards Daniel's debt, and that has been agreed upon.
7 Will the donations go into an account that gets controlled by the NFP?
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9 Cheers
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11 - -C
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13 On Saturday 17 April 2004 10:46 am, Daniel Robbins wrote:
14 > > Why not just have Gentoo NFP employ you in your cd-burning,
15 > > t-shirt-printing capacity, and have the NFP pay you a wage..?
16 >
17 > Eventually, I think it would be great for the NFP to run the Store, and pay
18 > someone a wage to fulfill t-shirt and CD orders.
19 >
20 > Why I'm not arranging that now is because it adds a lot more complexity
21 > (especially for me personally) to the NFP transition, which I'm
22 > intentionally trying to keep as simple as possible. Like I said, if anyone
23 > is interested in making a serious commitment to actually running the Store
24 > under the NFP, I'm willing to eventually transfer it to the NFP. Since I'm
25 > not planning to make a career out of CD and t-shirt sales, I'd rather not
26 > take the time and expense to make some kind of arrangment between the NFP
27 > and me right now. But let's get the NFP set up first.
28 >
29 > Until we (me/NFP) are ready to make a Store transition, I will continue
30 > running the Store, and the simplest way to do this is to just allow things
31 > to continue as they have. What I expect will happen is that the NFP will
32 > find much better sources of funding, and then they really won't be
33 > interested in the store. Then maybe some Gentoo developers can take it
34 > over, or run it for the NFP when I have something else to move on to.
35 >
36 > The Store needs to continue running to pay about $7-$10K USD of upcoming
37 > legal costs. It will pay for the NFP's initial legal expenses as well as
38 > all expenses associated with its application for 501(c)(6) status.
39 >
40 > I'm looking to get the NFP set up next week if possible. It will take about
41 > six months to receive 501(c)(6) status from the time it is applied for.
42 >
43 > Hope that helps,
44 >
45 > Daniel
46 >
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